Photo Series — #NotMyPresident March in Ghent

On the evening of November 18th a group that eventually grew to just over one hundred people met on the steps of Blair Middle School in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk. They networked to discuss solutions and strategies on how to effectively combat what they consider to be an surge of White Nationalism in the US. A rise of ugliness they view as fueled by the election of Donald Trump. After the brief discussion, they engaged in a protest march.

“And in the valuable
smoked mixed dust it raises,
helpless, in spite of not wanting to,
I search for my country,
my village, my home.

Helpless, in spite of not wanting to,
I search for the future
of tiny little children of this country.
For a pure, harmless, flawless future
I start to search.”

On the evening of November 18th a group that eventually grew to just over one hundred people met on the steps of Blair Middle School in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk. They networked to discuss solutions and strategies on how to effectively combat what they consider to be a surge of White Nationalism in the US — a rise of ugliness they view as fueled by the election of Donald Trump. After the brief discussion, they engaged in a protest march.

The march was peaceful and non-disruptive. Police presence was markedly restrained and professional in managing the crowd.

The event was organized and executed by the Hampton Roads Justice Network.